Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Sauce

Warm and toasty, this Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Sauce is pure bliss and then taken to another level with sweet brown sugar {whiskey} sauce!

Love pumpkin desserts?  Try these Pumpkin Spice S’mores Bars!

We haven’t seen the last of pumpkin yet.  I know by this time of the year, everyone is already thinking peppermint and gingerbread, but let’s not forget it is still Fall.  Although my dad just texted me this morning with a shot of his front yard covered in at least a foot of snow.  It’s so crazy to me but I must remember he lives in Wyoming, where it’s normal for it to snow in October sometimes.  Meanwhile, here in the Midwest, it was 70 degrees today.  Unfortunately, I was stuck inside with one very sick little girl ?

I had a poll last night on my Facebook page on what you guys would like to see posted on the blog today and this Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Sauce won by a landslide!  Can I just say I was not prepared for that?  LOL, I honestly thought everyone would pick the Pecan Pie Slab Bars but my husband said I shouldn’t have called them slab bars because no one know what that is.  Maybe if I hadn’t, you would have picked them.

Do you know what I’m talking about when I say slab?  I hope so because I posted a bomb recipe the other day for Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Slab Pizza.

Both desserts are delicious so you guys have good taste either way!?

So you guys had no idea, but this Pumpkin Bread pudding has booze in it.  You must have had a hunch.  I’ll also tell you a secret, i made this Pumpkin Bread Pudding back in September!  I had almost forgotten about it because as soon as I made it, I took one bite, transcended to Heaven and then immediately sent that pan to my husband’s work because we were 1 week away from a beach vacation and I couldn’t have bread pudding thighs.

YOU GUYS!  This might be the best bread pudding I’ve ever had in my life.  It’s warm and toasty from the pumpkin spices and the whiskey brown sugar sauce is divine!  Topped off with a little homemade whipped cream and you don’t get much better than that.

In fact, I think it should make an appearance on your Thanksgiving dessert table.  It would also totally be acceptable for breakfast. Who doesn’t like a little whiskey first thing in the morning?  Although you could totally serve this without the brown sugar sauce, but I highly recommend it.  Or leave the booze out of the sauce, that’s acceptable too…I suppose ?

This was my first time making bread pudding and it certainly won’t be my last.  I also thought of bread pudding as mush.  I mean it’s bread soaked in cream and eggs.  But it’s the best damn egg soaked bread I’ve ever had!

I found the original recipe in Better Homes and Gardens and changed quite a few things to make it my own.  I love to do that with recipes and it’s what I love most about cooking and baking.  Feel free to experiment in your own kitchen, you never know what you are going to come up with.  In this case, I came up with my own version of this Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Sauce and it’s a keeper!

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Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Sauce

Prep 25 mins

Cook 25 mins

Total 50 mins

Author Strawberry Blondie Kitchen

Yield 8 servings

Warm and toasty, this Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Sauce is pure bliss and then taken to another level with sweet brown sugar {whiskey} sauce

Ingredients

• 6 cups 1-inch cubes Brioche bread (I used Specially Selected Chocolate Chip Brioche)*
• 2 cups crumbled (I used 1 package Nonni's Salted Caramel Biscotti)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup Pumpkin spice coffee creamer
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
• Brown Sugar Sauce
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup pumpkin spice coffee creamer
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• *If you can't find brioche, you could use challah or french bread.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 3 quart baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Place brioche and biscotti into prepared dish.
3. In a large bowl or the stand mixer, combine sugar and eggs and beat until fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes.
4. To bowl, add milk, pumpkin, coffee cream, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Beat until combined.
5. Pour mixture over brioche and biscotti, in prepared dish, and allow bread to absorb liquid for at least 10 minutes. Dot the top of the bread with 1/4 cup butter.
6. Bake in oven for 25 minutes or until set and the edges are slightly browned.

Brown Sugar Sauce

1. While the bread pudding is baking, make the Brown sugar sauce.
2. In a medium pot, over medium high heat, melt 1/2 cup butter.
3. Add brown sugar and pumpkin spice creamer and whisk until sugar dissolves.
4. Remove from heat and add vanilla and bourbon, if desired.
5. Serve warm sauce over with Pumpkin Bread Pudding.
6. You could also serve the brown sugar sauce over ice cream or pie.

Notes

Adated from Pumpkin-Biscotti Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce

Courses Pudding

Cuisine Dessert

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 8 servings

Amount Per Serving
Calories 683
% Daily Value
Total Fat 35 g		54%
	Saturated Fat 19 g	95%
Cholesterol 180 mg		60%
Sodium 1682 mg		70%
Total Carbohydrates 78 g		26%
	Dietary Fiber 2 g	8%
	Sugars 51 g
Protein 10 g		20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Can you guys see that pool of brown sugar sauce in the middle?  It’s so good.  And I didn’t want to call it whiskey brown sugar sauce, because you can absolutely leave out the booze and it would be just as Heavenly.

And again, just like I did, make this recipe your own.  If you can’t find brioche, use french bread or switch it up and use another flavor of creamer.  I bet this would be awesome as a Peppermint or Gingerbread version for when it really is winter.  I think I just discovered my next bread pudding recipe!?

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